The ninth anniversary of Rana Plaza collapse, the deadliest garment factory accident in the history that took over a thousand lives, is being observed today.

A worker died after being hit in the head by a falling rod at a factory of Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills (BSRM) Ltd in Bayezid Bostami area of Chattogram yesterday.

Nine years have passed since the collapse of Rana Plaza, and yet majority of the survivors are still reeling from the traumas, both physical and mental, of that fateful day.

To mark the nine years anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy, the industrial disaster that killed more than 1,100 people back in 2013, a remembrance programme was held today (April 23, 2022) with candle light vigil for the victims.

A worker of Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills (BSRM) Ltd was killed after an iron rod fell on him while working in the BSRM factory in Bayezid Bostami area in Chattogram city today.

At least nine people, including a woman, died in separate road accidents in Habiganj, Noakhali, Laxmipur and Faridpur in the last two days.

The body of a six-year-old was recovered from the coast of Bay of Bengal in Urirchar area of Chattogram’s Sandwip yesterday after a speedboat sank amid a storm on Wednesday.

At least 12 people were injured when a bus overturned and fell on a private car on Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Dhaka's Dhamrai upazila this morning.

Three members of a family, including a child, were burnt in a fire followed by an explosion at a house in Dhaka’s Jatrabari early today.

A man was killed and another one was injured after a sun shade broke and fell on them from a building at Green Road in Dhaka last (April 20, 2022) evening.

Two women were killed after a reported lightning strike at an illegal firecracker factory in Mymensingh’s Nandail upazila yesterday morning.

A seven-year-old was burnt to death and her father sustained injuries after a fire broke out at a slum in the Patenga area of Chattogram city this (April 20, 2022) afternoon.

The engine of the Dhaka-bound passenger train—Balaka Express-- derailed at the Home Signal area near Sreepur Railway Station in Gazipur this (April 20, 2022) evening.

A sand-laden bulkhead sank in the outer anchorage of Chittagong port during the nor'wester this (April 20, 2022) morning.

A 12-year-old girl died and three persons, including twin sisters, remain missing after a speedboat carrying 20 passengers capsized on Sandwip-Kumira route of the Bay of Bengal during the nor'wester this morning.

Some 63.5 percent of 200 Rana Plaza survivors had difficulty buying food for family amid the pandemic, as they didn’t have money, says an ActionAid Bangladesh report.

Two garments factory officials were killed in separate road accidents in Savar yesterday.

Two persons including a woman were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka's Jatrabari and Mohakhali areas today (April 17, 2022).

A garment factory official was killed and two others were injured as a covered van hit a microbus on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar today.

An SSC candidate died early today in a motorcycle accident at DN High School in Chandpur town.